Also known as "Lilac of the South" due to its popularity in zones 7 to 9, crape myrtle is a deciduous shrub or small tree that explodes with white, deep rose, or magenta blossoms from July to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago it was a lightning rod of controversy in Wichita Falls – an object of admiration or derision. The crape myrtle ...

One plant that is a standout in the summer landscape is the crape myrtle, making it one of the most popular landscape plants in the southeastern United States. Most of its popularity is from the crepe ...

Crape myrtle has long been a staple of Southern landscapes that has worked its way north over the years. Though it was originally classified as a Zone 7 plant, breeders have worked to extend its range ...

Forty years ago it was a lightning rod of controversy in Wichita Falls – an object of admiration or derision. The dust has long settled and today it sits quietly in a city park that attracts few ...